DREARINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DREARINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DREARINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DREARINESS is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DREARINESS
No single letter turns DREARINESS into another word.
How DREARINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DREARINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DREARINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DREARINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The dull, bleak and depressing quality of a place, time or task.
Dreariness hangs over grey November afternoons and endless paperwork alike. It combines gloom with boredom, so nothing seems worth the effort. Writers use dreariness to set a low mood in a scene.
How DREARINESS is used
The word dreariness is used for gloomy weather, settings and routines.
- The dreariness of the rainy town depressed her.
- Nothing relieved the dreariness of the long meeting.
- He fled the dreariness of office life for the sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DREARINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DREARINESS
1 longer words begin with DREARINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in DREARINESS
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Common questions about DREARINESS
- Is DREARINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DREARINESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DREARINESS worth?
- DREARINESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DREARINESS mean?
- The dull, bleak and depressing quality of a place, time or task.
- What letters can be added to DREARINESS?
- No single letter can be added to DREARINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DREARINESS:
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